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... England since the revolution of 1688. In March , 1764 , Grenville began to put into operation a plan for the taxation of the American colonies , with the threefold object of increasing the British revenue to meet the large debt ...
... England since the revolution of 1688. In March , 1764 , Grenville began to put into operation a plan for the taxation of the American colonies , with the threefold object of increasing the British revenue to meet the large debt ...
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... England . He supported his resolutions in a fiery speech which drew cries of " Treason ! " from the consternated aristocrats . And he carried his point by a single vote . Thomas Jefferson was standing in the lobby at the door of the ...
... England . He supported his resolutions in a fiery speech which drew cries of " Treason ! " from the consternated aristocrats . And he carried his point by a single vote . Thomas Jefferson was standing in the lobby at the door of the ...
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... England for trial of persons accused of treason in the colonies , and , with unmistakable indorsement of the behavior of the Massachusetts Legislature , declared the right of the colonies to make their petitions for redress of ...
... England for trial of persons accused of treason in the colonies , and , with unmistakable indorsement of the behavior of the Massachusetts Legislature , declared the right of the colonies to make their petitions for redress of ...
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... England . The British schooner Gaspée , of eight guns , while chasing smugglers in Narragansett Bay , had run ... England's retaliation was an act of Parliament " for the better securing and preserv- ing 16 THOMAS JEFFERSON.
... England . The British schooner Gaspée , of eight guns , while chasing smugglers in Narragansett Bay , had run ... England's retaliation was an act of Parliament " for the better securing and preserv- ing 16 THOMAS JEFFERSON.
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... England for trial . Indignant at this monstrous disproportion be- tween the punishment and the crime , the " bolder spirits " among the burgesses , Patrick Henry , the Lees , Jefferson , and his brilliant brother - in - law , Dabney ...
... England for trial . Indignant at this monstrous disproportion be- tween the punishment and the crime , the " bolder spirits " among the burgesses , Patrick Henry , the Lees , Jefferson , and his brilliant brother - in - law , Dabney ...
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